Seminars and Colloquia by Series

TBA by Julia Lindberg

Series
Algebra Seminar
Time
Monday, April 27, 2026 - 13:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Julia Lindberg – Georgia Institute of Technology

TBA

TBA by Mike Perlman

Series
Algebra Seminar
Time
Monday, April 20, 2026 - 13:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Mike Perlman – University of Alabama

Please Note: There will be a pre-seminar at 10:55-11:25 in Skiles 005.

TBA

Can math models help us understand the brain?

Series
Stelson Lecture Series
Time
Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 17:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
DM Smith 115
Speaker
Lai-Sang Young – New York University –

Please Note: Join us at the Stelson Reception for refreshments in the Skiles atrium from 4-4:45PM prior to the talk. Around 4:45PM we will walk over to DM Smith.

I would like to think that they can, and will illustrate by sharing some work my collaborators and I have done on the monkey visual system, which is very similar to that of humans. Specifically, I will focus on two visual properties: one is used in the detection of edges, the other is relevant when our eyes track moving objects. To explain the origin of these properties, simple mathematical ideas were first developed in idealized settings. They were then tested -- and fine-tuned -- via simulations using large-scale dynamical network models that are biologically more realistic.
 

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